Texel on Target at Primestock Events SHEEP SOCIETY
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The Texel Society through its sponsorship programme has encouraged participation at a range of Primestock shows, with Dutch Texels taking many of the championships of live and carcase competitions from the British Texel classes.
SUCCESS
Royal Welsh Winter Fair
English Winter Fair
Produced tremendous success for the breed. The champion lambs, pure Texel’s, bred by Andrew Bishop and shown by S J & H Smith (PENPARC). The champion carcase, a pure Texel from Adrian Windsor (FERN), the reserve another pure Texel, exhibited by Gwyn Davies, (CAEBETRAN) and the Supreme Champion pair of Texel carcase’s allowing the breed a prestigious 1-2 within the high calibre carcase competition. Texel also appeared in many of the other awards, showing the influence of the breed at this premiere event.
Robin Slade, (WEEKFIELD), enjoyed considerable success in the winter show arena, taking both champion, reserve champion pen of lambs, and pedigree sheep champion at the English Winter Fair primestock show, Stafford. His winning pen of matching ewe lambs came from a 400 ewe flock of Dutch Texels entered in the EWF’s Trimmed Butchers Lamb class. Weighing a combined 80kg these then made their way through to win the championship.
Presentation to Supreme Champion Pair of Lambs Dutch Texels – S J & H Smith, Powys. Pictured L to R: Anna Smith (daughter), Mrs Helen Minnice - Smith, Welsh Assembly Government (sponsors), Mr G Denley Jenkins (judge), Steve Smith, representative from Dunbia (sponsors) and Sarah Williams from HSBC (sponsors). Adrian Windsor’s (FERN), Supreme Champion Carcase pair of Lambs & Supreme Champion Carcase Lamb.
The Slade team with Peter Phillips of championship sponsor Blue Merle
O A & P Beresford, (HOLLYFIELDS), took Reserve champion overall in the Lamb Carcase class.
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The Royal Highland Winter Fair Taking the Texel championship at the Royal Highland Winter Fair, and with it the Francis Brown PerpetualChallenge Trophy, were a pair of lambs from the Hall family, (INGLEWOOD). Reserve Texel champions were a pair of 88kg lambs from Richard and Granville Colegrave, (GUARDSWELL). Francis Brown Trophy being awarded to the Hall Family by Scott Brown
Smithfield at East of England Taking the reserve overall and reserve Continental title at the East of England Winter Stock Festival, which hosted the Smithfield championships was a 104kg pair of Texels from Michael Owens, Pontsian, Llandysul (M OWENS). These purebred Dutch Texel lambs are from the Owens family. Andrew Bishop (judge) presented the Overall Reserve Supreme Championship to Michael Owens (left) pictured here with his helper Dewi (right).
Northern Ireland Winter Primestock Fairs Yet again the Texel cross has taken the Primestock Show and Sales by storm taking the Championship at Garvagh YFC Show and Sale in Kilrea mart, the Show and Sale held in Lisahally Mart and Gleno Valley YFC Show and sale in Ballymena. Elizabeth McAllister (ARTNAGULLION), took the Overall Championship at Kilrea having already secured the Texel Champion with her pair of Texel cross lambs. Taking the Reserve Texel Champion was a pair of lambs shown By Brian Jamison, Ballycastle. The Texel and Texel cross has consistently featured at the top of these Primestock shows and sales. These are the show cases for the commercial lamb and the Texel has consistently proven to be the breed which efficiently produces a high proportion of lean meat, improving margins for all involved.
Gilbert Crawford (Crawfords supermarkets) with Stephen Pepper (Butcher) and Richard Henderson of the NI Texel Club displaying the Overall Champion Carcases at Kilrea.
Agri Expo 2010 The Overall Champion with a pair of Ewe Lambs at Agri Expo 2010 were from Texel breeder R Hall & Sons, Carlisle (INGLEWOOD) with a combined weight of 103kg. The pair were first place in the Continental Lambs class (up to a weight of 40kg) and went on to take the overall Supreme Champion prize. In the Continental Lambs class (up to 40kg), Robin Slade, Leominster, (WEEKFIELD) took second place and James Whiteford of Tercrosset (MIDDLE) came in third. In the over 40.1kg class Robin Slade (WEEKFIELD), achieved first place with a pair of pure Dutch Texels with 30 years of his own breeding behind them. Scott Dempster, Lockerbie (CASTLE HILL) took second place with Michael Dunlop, Biggar coming third.
Adam Henson from Countryfile with the Continental breed Supreme Champion pair of Texel lambs from R Hall & Sons.
Countryside Live 2010 Robin Slade (WEEKFIELD) was successful in the Single Butchers Lamb class which went on to win the Champion single butchers lamb class overall. Champion Single butchers lamb
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Robert Pigg, Solway & Tyne Texel club Chairman (centre) with Johnny Aiken and Joanne Hall winners of the Overall Supreme Championship
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